Disabled Vietnam vet living in shack gets new home thanks to others

Emotional Frank Lloyd says his faith has been restored

Frank Lloyd was facing eviction until a new home arrived on Friday, thanks to the generosity of others.

Disabled Vietnam vet living in shack gets new home thanks to others

Emotional Frank Lloyd says his faith has been restored

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Updated: 4:50 PM EDT Apr 4, 2014

LAKE PARK, Fla. —

A disabled Vietnam veteran living in a shack for 10 years has a brand new home.

WPBF 25 News' John Dzenitis first told Frank Lloyd's story back in November. The county decided his hurricane-ravaged trailer was not up to code, and started fining him $50 a day. Lloyd, unable to pay for repairs or the fines, was facing eviction until Palm Beach Troop Support stepped in.

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"No one, much less one of our veterans, should be living like that," Palm Beach Troop Support representative Traynter Turpin said.

Donations started pouring in to pay for a new mobile home, and companies volunteered to haul and install it for free.

After a year, an emotional Lloyd watched as volunteers trucked in his new home Friday morning.

"I never expected it," Lloyd said. "Once that hurricane hit around here, I lost all belief in anything that stood for America. And then these guys come in and just gave me all my whole faith back again. People should help people."